זוהר, אחרי מות מ״וZohar, Achrei Mot 46

Section 46 of 75 in Achrei Mot — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

(ויקרא י״ח:ג׳) כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁבְתֶּם בָּהּ לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ, רִבִּי יִצְחָק פָּתַח, (תהילים ק״ב:כ״ב) לְסַפֵּר בְּצִיּוֹן שֵׁם יְיָ' וּתְהִלָּתוֹ בִּיְרוּשָׁלַ ם. תַּמָּן תָּנֵינָן, שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא סָתִים וְגַלְיָא. וְאוֹרַיְיתָא דְּהִיא שְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה, סָתִים וְגַלְיָא. וְכָל קְרָא דִּבְאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכָל פַּרְשְׁתָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, סָתִים וְגַלְיָא.

AFTER THE DOINGS OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, WHERE YOU DWELT, YOU SHALL NOT DO (Lev. 18, 3). R. Isaac began: “To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem” (Ps. 102, 22). There, as we have learnt, the Holy Name is hidden and revealed; and the Torah, which is the supernal Holy Name, is hidden and revealed; and every verse that is in the Torah, and every section of the Torah, is hidden and revealed.

Segment 2ב׳

דְּתַנְיָא אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, מֵחֲצִיפוּתָא דְּצַדֶּקֶת חֲדָא, נַפְקָן כְּמָה טָבָאן לְעָלְמָא. וּמַאן הִיא. תָּמָר. דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית ל״ח:י״ד) וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם. אָמַר רִבִּי אַבָּא, פַּרְשְׁתָּא דָּא מוֹכַח, דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא סָתִים וְגַלְיָא. וְהָא אִסְתַּכַּלְנָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא כֻּלָּא, וְלָא אַשְׁכַּחְנָא אֲתַר דְּאִקְרֵי פֶּתַח עֵינַיִם, אֶלָּא כֹּלָּא סָתִים, וְרָזָא דְּרָזִין הוּא.

For it has been taught, R. Judah said: from the boldness of one righteous woman, how many good things came forth to the world! And who is she? Tamar, as it is written, “and she sat at the entrance of Enaim” (Gen. 38, 14). R. Abba said: this section proves that the Torah is hidden and revealed. And I have looked into the whole of the Torah and have not found a place that is called “the entrance of Enaim”; rather, the whole of it is hidden, and it is the mystery of mysteries.

Segment 3ג׳

וְתַנְיָא, מַאי חָמָאת צַדֶּקֶת זוֹ לְעוֹבָדָא דָּא. אֶלָּא יַדְעַת בְּבֵיתָא דַּחֲמוֹהִי אָרְחוֹי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הֵיךְ מַדְבֵּר הַאי עָלְמָא עִם בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. וּבְגִין דְּהִיא יַדְעַת, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אוֹקִים מִלָּה עַל יְדָהָא. וְאַזְלָא הָא כְּמָה דְּתָנֵינָן, אִזְדַּמְּנַת הֲוַת בַּת שֶׁבַע מו' יְמֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית לְמֶהֱוִי אִמֵּיהּ דִּשְׁלָמָא מַלְכָּא. אוּף הָכָא אִזְדַּמְּנַת הֲוַת תָּמָר לְדָא, מִיּוֹמָא דְּאִתְבְּרֵי עָלְמָא.

And it has been taught: what did this righteous woman see, that she did this deed? Rather, in the house of her father-in-law she knew the ways of the Holy One, blessed be He, and how He governs this world with men; and because she knew, the Holy One, blessed be He, established the matter by her hand. And this goes as we have learnt: Bath-sheba was made ready from the six days of creation to be the mother of Solomon the King. Here too Tamar was made ready for this from the day the world was created.

Segment 4ד׳

וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם, מַאן פֶּתַח עֵינַיִם כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, (בראשית י״ח:א׳) וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל. וּכְתִיב, (שמות י״ב:כ״ג) וּפָסַח יְיָ' עַל הַפֶּתַח. וּכְתִיב (תהילים קי״ח:י״ט) פִּתְחוּ לִי שַׁעֲרֵי צֶדֶק וְגוֹ'. עֵינַיִם: דְּכָל עַיְינִין דְּעָלְמָא לְהַאי פִּתְחָא מְצַפָּאן. אֲשֶׁר עַל דֶּרֶךְ תִּמְנָתָה, מַאי תִּמְנָתָה. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (במדבר יב) וּתְמוּנַת יְיָ' יַבִּיט. וְהָכִי אוֹקִימְנָא, תָּמָר אוֹקִימַת מִלָּה לְתַתָּא, וּפַרְחַת פַּרְחִין, וַאֲנִיצַת עַנְפִין בְּרָזָא דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא.

And she [Tamar] sat on Petach Eynayim [the entrance to the eyes] (Gen. 38:14) - Just as you say "and he [Avraham] sits at the entrance [petach] of the tent" (Gen. 18:1), and it is written "And Ad-nai passed over the entrance [petach]" (Ex. 12:23), and it is written "open [pitchu] for me the gates of righteousness etc" (Ps. 118:19) [meaning] that all eyes of the world turn to that opening. [...]

Segment 5ה׳

(הושע י״ב:א׳) וִיהוּדָה עוֹד רָד עִם אֵל וְעִם קְדוֹשִׁים נֶאֱמָן. וַיִרְאֶהָ יְהוּדָה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לְזוֹנָה וְגוֹ'. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (משלי ל׳:כ׳) כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָפֶת. כִּי כִסְּתָה פָּנֶיהָ, וְאוֹקִימְנָא כִּי כִסְּתָה פָּנֶיהָ, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, אָכְלָה וּמָחֲתָה פִיהָ, אוֹקִידַת עָלְמָא בְּשַׁלְהוֹבוֹי, וְאָמְרָה לֹא פָעַלְתִּי אָוְן. מַאי טַעְמָא. בְּגִין כִּי כִסְּתָה פָּנֶיהָ, וְלֵית מַאן דְּיֵדַע אוֹרְחָהָא, לְאִשְׁתְּזָבָא מִנָּהּ. וַיֵּט אֵלֶיהָ אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ, אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ מַמָּשׁ, לְאִתְחַבְּרָא חִוָּורָא בְּסוּמָקָא. וַיֹאמֶר הָבָה נָא אָבֹא אֵלַיִךְ וְגוֹ', הָא אוֹקִימְנָא הָבָה בְּכָל אֲתַר.

“And Judah is yet unruly with God, and faithful with the Holy One” (Hos. 12, 1). “And Judah saw her, and thought her to be a harlot,” and so forth: as it says, “So is the way of an adulterous woman” (Prov. 30, 20). “For she had covered her face.” And we have explained “for she had covered her face” as it says, “she eats and wipes her mouth” — she burns the world with her flames — “and says: I have done no wickedness.” What is the reason? Because “she had covered her face,” and there is none who knows her ways, to be saved from her. “And he turned to her by the way”: by the way indeed, to join the white with the red. “And he said: Come, I pray you, let me come in to you,” and so forth: we have already explained “come” in every place.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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